Grapevine

Quantitative trait locus analysis of grape weight and soluble solid content

Y. H. Zhao, Guo, Y. S., Lin, H., Liu, Z. D., Ma, H. F., Guo1, X. W., Li, K., Yang, X. X., Niu, Z. Z., and Shi, G. G., “Quantitative trait locus analysis of grape weight and soluble solid content”, vol. 14, pp. 9872-9881, 2015.

A grapevine hybrid population was derived from a crossing of the early-maturing female parent cultivar ‘87-1’ and the late-maturing male parent cultivar ‘9-22’. A total of 149 plants were selected from the hybrid population as the mapping population, and after sequence-related amplified polymorphism and simple-sequence repeat marker analysis were conducted we constructed molecular genetic maps of the parents.

Characterization of EST-derived and non-EST simple sequence repeats in an F1 hybrid population of Vitis vinifera L.

E. Kayesh, Bilkish, N., Liu, G. S., Chen, W., Leng, X. P., and Fang, J. G., “Characterization of EST-derived and non-EST simple sequence repeats in an F1 hybrid population of Vitis vinifera L.”, vol. 13, pp. 2220-2230, 2014.

Among different classes of molecular markers, expressed sequence tags (ESTs) are a new resource for developing simple sequence repeat (SSR) functional markers for genotyping and genetic mapping in F1 hybrid populations of Vitis vinifera L. Recently, because of the availability of an enormous amount of data for ESTs in the public domain, the emphasis has shifted from genomic SSRs to EST-SSRs, which belong to transcribed regions of the genome and may have a role in gene expression or function.

Comparison between modified DNA extraction protocols and commercial isolation kits in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)

M. Akkurt, “Comparison between modified DNA extraction protocols and commercial isolation kits in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.)”, vol. 11, pp. 2343-2351, 2012.

Various protocols have been developed and used for DNA extraction in grapevine. However, owing to the long duration of the isolation steps in previously developed protocols, researchers have preferred to use isolation kits for studies in recent years. In our study, the DNA yield and purity obtained using six methods - namely three DNA isolation protocols and three commercial DNA isolation kits - were compared. Modifications were made and the isolation steps were shortened in the previously developed DNA isolation protocols to achieve more rapid and practical protocols.

Breeding new seedless grape by means of in vitro embryo rescue

W. Ji, Li, Z. - Q., Zhou, Q., Yao, W. - K., and Wang, Y. - J., “Breeding new seedless grape by means of in vitro embryo rescue”, vol. 12, pp. 859-869, 2013.

This project aimed at breeding new seedless grape cultivars by embryo rescue through three hybridization methods: 1) using cross-breeding between seedless Vitis vinifera cultivars and wild Chinese Vitis spp; 2) crossing with two seedless cultivars, and 3) hybridization between grapes of different ploidy. Genotype, sampling times, and media were confirmed to play important roles in this system.

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